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ENVELOPE.

Patented Feb. 26, 1895" PATE T Enron.

SAMUEL GABRIEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ENVELOPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 534,824, dated February26, 1895. Application filed January 14,1895. Serial No. 534,802. (Nospecimens.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL GABRIEL, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Envelopes, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates toan improved envelope for inclosing and storingvarious paper articles, said envelope being made of paper,

.pasteboard, or other suitable material, so as to representa trunk,basket, or other suitable article; and the invention consists of anenvelope formed of paper or other suitable material, provided with anupper and a lower flap folded in parallel lines with the body, the upperflap being made of rhombic shape and the body having at two diagonallyopposite corners suitable inclinations, while thelower flap is providedwith a downwardly-extending. wing at one side, the outer andinnersurfaces of the upper flap representing the lid of a trunk, basket,or other suitable article, while the outer surface of the lower flaprepresents the body of a trunk, or thelike, as will be fully describedhereinafter and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front-elevation ofmy improved envelope. Fig. 2 is'a vertical transverse sec tion of thesame on line 2,2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front-view of the envelope, shownwith the top-flap in open position. Fig. 4 isa vertical transversesection on line 4, 4, Fig. 3. Fig. 5

is a front-view of the blank from which the envelope is made. Fig. 6 isa vertical transverse section of the same on line 6, 6, Fig. 5, and Fig.7 is a rear elevation of the blank from which my improved envelope ismade.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the body or main portion of theblank from which the envelope is made. The body A is cut off at the twodiagonally-opposite corners to, a, and made in one integral piece with alower flap B and an upper flap 0, the former being of less width thanthe body A and provided at its right hand side with a wing B, the edgesof which extend downwardly and are made at the same inclination as thelower corner a of the body A to the base of the same. The upper flap ismade of rhombic shape and of such width that when the same is foldeddown on the upper part of the body A, it closes the part left uncoveredby the lower or bottom flap, as shown in Fig. 1. The lower flap B, B, isattached to the body A by being pasted or otherwise fastened to itsopposite, (parallel,) edges, the upper flap being also fastened in anymanner to the lower flap or to the body A, so that any suitable articlesof flat shape which are desired to be placed in the envelope can beretained in the same. The exterior and interior surface of the upperflap 0 is printed in colors in the design of the lid of a trunk, whilethe lower flap B, B, is finished in the perspective shape of the body ofa trunk, the main body being also provided at its upper left-hand cornerwith a suitable imitation of the interior of a trunk, so that theenvelope has the appearance of a trunk in which articles are placed.

It is obvious that in place of a trunk a wicker-basket, or any similararticle, may be represented, in which case the bottom and top-flaps arereproduced in the perspective of the top, and front of the article thatis desired to be represented.

My improved envelope is adapted for differentpurposes, and forms anattractive envelope for holding paper dolls and other toys for childrensuse.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. An envelope, composed of a main-body cut off attwo diagonally-opposite corners, a lower flap provided with a wing atthe side adjacent to the lower cut ofi corner of the body portion, theupper and lower edges of the wing being made at the same inclination asthe cut off corner, and an upper flap having its side edges at aninclination corresponding to the upper cut off corner of the main body,said lower and upper flaps being made integral with the main-body andfinished in such a manner as to represent a suitable article,substantially as set forth.

2. An envelope, consisting of one integral blank, composed of amain-body having two of its diagonally-opposite corners cut off, a lowerflap extending along the base of the main-body and provided with adownwardlyinclined wing adjacent to the lower out off corner and formingthe same angle of inclination with the base of the main-body and anupper flap extending from the upper edge of the main-body at the sameangle of inclination as the cut off upper corner, the outer surface ofthe lower flap representing a perspective of the body of a trunk,basket, or other article, while the front and rear surfaces of the upperflap represent the inner and outer perspectives of the lid of a trunk orother article,s0 that when the flaps are folded over the main-portionthe representation of a trunk, basket or other article is obtained,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

SAMUEL GABRIEL. Witnesses:

PAUL GoEPEL, GEORGE W. J AEKEL.

